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STATISTICS
California
- Nearly 200,000 Californians have contracted HIV/AIDS and nearly 90,000 have died since the epidemic began in the early 1980s.
- California ranks second in the nation in cumulative AIDS cases at 157,719, surpassed only by New York.
- Approximately 109,000 Californians are HIV-positive, among whom 69,728 are living with AIDS.
- There are up to 7,000 new HIV infections in the state every year.
- 75.7% of all HIV/AIDS cases occur among gay men, far exceeding the 53% nationally.
- Men make up 89.5%. Women account for 9.8% of cases, and transgender persons for 0.6%.
- Of all HIV cases, whites account for 46.7% followed by Hispanics at 29.2% and African Americans at 18.9%.
- More than 60% of Californians living with HIV reside in Los Angeles County or the San Francisco Bay Area.
Source: California Office of AIDS, AIDS Surveillance Report (as of June 2010)
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